2 - Tuesday, November 22, 2011; 0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C 4cMidiian Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG ZACH YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-4s 0-41ry ext. 1255 734-4a -41 a e at. 1240 steinberg@michigandailyrcom zyancer@michigandaity.com THE LONG LINE HOME Bomb threats reported at Stockwell 20 years ago this week (Nov. 19, 1991): Two bomb threats were reported in Stockwell Residence Hall to the University Department of Safety and Security on Nov. 18 and 19. Though the bomb threats were false alarms, Stockwell resi- dents, like Aileen Supe- ina, told The Michigan Daily that the incident in the hall left them scared and confused. "I was scared because I didn't know what to expect. Was it a rumor? Was it the truth? Why were we the only ones out there?" Supefia said at the time. Residents also com- plained that they were unaware of the bomb threat policy and were generally dissatisfied with the way DPSS han- dled the situation. 30 years ago this week(Nov. 24, 1981): Leo Kelly, a former Uni- versity student accused of killing two Univer- sity students in Burs- ley Residence Hall, was scheduled to stand trial beginning Feb. 16. Kelly's defense attor- ney, William Waterman, filed a change of venue motion to move the trial out of Washtenaw County on the grounds that his client would not receive a fair trial because of unfair public- ity. Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Ross Campbell presided over trial proceedings. Kelly was ultimately sentenced to life in pris- on. 40 years ago this week (Nov. 23, 1971): Though the buildingwas not completed, faculty members began to move into the new Modern Languages Building on East Washington Street. The first occupants of the building were faculty from the Slavic, Romance and Germanic language departments and the History Depart- ment. Albert Khan Associ- ates, a Detroit architec- tural firm, constructed the MLB, making it the third campus building the company designed. The others were Hill Auditorium, which was built in 1914, and the Burton Tower - con- structed in 1936. - JOSH QIAN Newsroom 734418s115opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com Letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandailycom Editorial Page ose~io~gondilyoow opinion@miigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com AUSTEN HUFFORD/Daily Engineering graduate student Travis Martin and other students wail in line yesterday in front ofthe Michigan Union Ticket Oudice It oy a ticket orthe MSA Airhas, which lakes stadents 1tohe airport. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Pennies pulled The open road HIV awareness Poetry reading LKtc Linda Katehi, chancel- from purse WHERE: Thompson Car- lecture WHAT: A reading by Qwo- 1 or of the University of port Li Driskill, a renowned California-Davis, has WHERE: University Hospi- WHEN: Sunday at about WHAT: A lecture about writer, teacher, activist refused to resign in wake of tal Emergency Room 7 p.m. HIV and prevention. The and author of "Walking police pepper-spraying stu- WHEN: Sunday at about WHAT: A woman said her discussion will focus on With Ghosts: Poems," dent protesters on Nov. 18, 10 p.m. car was stolen from the improving drugtreatment which is based on her life ABC News reported. Katehi WHAT: A patient claimed parking structure between and HIV social research. experiences.s. c.h cash was stolen from her 8 p.m. on Nov. 18 and noon WHO: Institute for WHO: Spectrum Center said she is confident that UC purse between 4 p.m. and on Nov. 20, University Research on Women and WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. Davis needs her leadership. EDITORIAL STAFF NickSpar ManagingEditor nickspar@michigandaily.com NicoleAber ManagingNewsEditor aber@michigandaily.com SENIORNEWSEDITORS:BethanyBiron,DylanCinti,CaitlinHuston,JosephLichterman, AsSIsANT NEWS EDITORS: Haley Glatthorn, Claire Goscicki, Suzanne Jacobs,Sabira Kahn,MicheleNarov,PaigePearcy,AdamRubenfire,KaitlinWilliams Michelle Deitttadopinioneditors@michigandaily.com Enily Orley EditoialnagetEditoes SENIOR EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Aida Ali, Ashley Griesshammer, Andrew Weiner ASSISTANT EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Harsha Nahata, TimothyRabb Stephen J. 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WHERE: Michigan Sta- dium WHEN: Sunday at about 10 a.m. WHAT: A street cleaner spilled hydraulic fluid on the concourse on the north side of the stadium, Uni- versity Police reported. The spill was cleaned up by Occupational Safety and Environmental Health staff. Gender WHEN: Tonight from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Lane Hall, room 2239 Student jazz performance WHAT: Students enrolled in the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation will perform their own compositions and well-known jazz pieces. WHO: School of Music, Theatre and Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: McIntosh Theater WHERE: Angell Hall, room 3222 CORRECTIONS " An article in the Nov. 21 edition of The Michigan Daily ("Residential Col- lege to move to West Quad next school year") mis- stated one of the learning communities that will be moving to West Quad Residence Hall. It is the Michigan Community Scholars Program. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Former Motown employee Al Abrams will be at the Bentley Historical Library today to sign his new book and talk about his time behind the scenes of Motown Records. FOR MORE, SEE ARTS, PAGE 6 Residents of several cit- ies in Georgia were able to purchase alcohol this week on a Sunday for the first time in the state's history, The Atlanta Journal-Consti- tution reported. Liquor store owners said they saw an increase in sales. BRIDGES From Page 1 our infrastructure to quite frank- ly get in serious danger," Dingell said. While some members of Con- gress have argued that the Amer- ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has not boosted the nation's economy, Dingell said the money it provided to the East Stadium Bridges Improve- ment Project will be essential to improve the economy of the area. The project is estimated to add 448 jobs, according to Ding- ell. "The ARRA and the recovery legislation has worked," Dingell said in an interview after the cer- emony. "And it's goingto do more to see to it that we have jobs and opportunity." MDOT Director Kirk Steudle said he is pleased the bridge improvements will include extra width for sidewalks and bike paths. Those components will be important when the 2012 college football season begins, he said. Steudle echoed Dingell's remarks and said bridges and highways make up the "back- bone" of the Michigan and U.S. economies. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje said several bridges throughout the country have been shut down because there was not sufficient funding for repairs, and the city has been fortunate to receive funding to repair its structures. In an interview after the ceremony, Hieftje said 48,000 vehicles travel over the Stadium Bridges every day. Though some question the bridges' safety, Hieftje said engineers inspect it weekly. "We are sure it's in good con- dition, but it's certainly time to bring it down," Hieftje said. HUD ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR COUNTY At an event at the Washtenaw County Service Center on Washt- enaw Ave. yesterday afternoon, administrators from Washtenaw County and HUD announced a $3 million grant for Washtenaw County as part of HUD's Commu- nity Challenge Grant program. The Community Challenge Grant supports regional develop- ment plans that aim to improve economic vitality while keeping sustainability in mind. In an interview after the event, HUD Midwest Regional Admin- istrator Antonio Riley said the Obama administration has had more success than other admin- istrations in connecting sustain- ability and housing development. HUD's newly formed Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities - a collaboration between HUD, the U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency - was designed to seek out areas like Washtenaw County that are working to strengthen regional commerce through envi- ronmentally friendly ways, Riley said. He added that the grant is sig- nificant for University students because college towns are impor- tant "economic engines." Riley said students will be heavily impacted by the project consider- ing their housing and transpor- tation needs, and the University had a role in the project. Speaking on behalf of Hief- tje, who was scheduled to speak at the event but was unable to attend, City Council member Tony Derezinski (D-Ward 2) said the project will help Ann Arbor "re-imagine Washtenaw Avenue" - a major residential and com- mercial thoroughfare that runs through much of the city. Derezinski added that the grant will be particularly helpful to the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, as residents have com- plained about the lack of stops and operating hours of buses along Washtenaw Avenue. AATA has already proposed changes to Route 4 along the road. In an interview after the event, Derezinski said the grant secures future development strategies the city is hoping to initiate. "This is the planning grant we needed to make sure the plans were in place," Derezinski said. Ann Arbor's ability to work with other municipalities like the city of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Pittsfield Town- ship allows multiple cities to reap the benefits of federal dollars and strengthen much of the county, Derezinski said. "We're darngood, but we could be even better," he said. 0 0 S 6 6 6 6 President Barack Obama rakes a statement at the White House after the congressional debt supercommittee failed to reach an agreement on debt reduction yesterday. Obama to face declining support amongN.H. voters PUBLIC ART From Page 1 of capital improvement funds. "One percent is not too much to ask to keep ourselves from being beige," Tucker said, refer- ring to the original color of his coat. He added that the council wouldn't want him to demon- strate what zero percent fund- ing for public art would look like. At last night's meeting, City Council member Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) formally introduced amendments she sponsored that would reduce and refine fund- ing for public art. The amend- ments propose to slash public art funding from 1 percent to half a percent. Thus, the amendments would make the name of the pro- gram, Percent for Public Art, a misnomer. The changes would prohibit capital improvement funds, which are used for public art, from being used for sidewalk repairs or construction. The amendments would also require that funds for public art be spent within three years or risk being returned to the budget fund from which they originate. Briere urged residents to understand that while many council members support public art, they would like to see new "mechanisms" of funding it. Council member Stephen Kunselman (D-Ward 3) said the council needs to send the mes- sage that the city is dedicated to basic services before other pro- grams like public art. The amendments passed a first reading last night, and council will see the amendments for a second reading at its next meeting on Dec. 5. Newly elected council mem- ber Jane Lumm (I-Ward 2) was also officially sworn in at last night's meeting along with re- elected City Council members Mike Anglin (D-Ward 5), Mar- cia Higgins (D-Ward 4), Kunsel- man and Briere. Weak economy a source of discontent in the swing state MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit a changed New Hampshire today. The independent-minded presidential swing state he won in 2008 has shifted distinctly to the right since his last visit nearly two years ago. The local economy is struggling to grow and voters are increasingly unhappy with the president's leadership. "He's not getting my vote - no way," construction worker Nor- man Berube, a 49-year-old reg- istered independent, said while waiting for a booth at the Airport Diner recently. "This country is worse off." Others say the same. Recent polls show that, if the election were held today, Obama would lose byroughly10percent- age points to Republican presi- dential candidate Mitt Romney, the leading contender for the GOP nomination. That's quite a slide for an incumbent who beat Republican Sen. John McCain here by nearly the same margin just three years ago. Still, a year before Obama's re- election, Democrats aren't pan- icking. In fact, Obama's campaign is quietly confident that he can re- ignite voters' passion the more they see him, which explains why Obama is venturing to Central High School to promote elements of his jobs plan that's stalled in a divided Congress. His visit comes just as a special deficit-reduction supercommit- tee in Washington is on the brink of failing to reach an agreement on how to save taxpayers $1.2 trillion over the coming decade. A fundamental divide over how much to raise taxes - a salient issue in low-tax New Hampshire - was proving too high a hurdle to overcome. With finger pointing begin- ning in Washington, Obama was heading to New Hampshire, which his surrogates recently have showered with attention, as Republican candidates wielding anti-Obama messages swarm the state ahead of the Jan.10 primary. "There have been a lot of Republicans up here," said Kathy Sullivan, a New Hampshire- based member of the Democratic National Committee. "It's a good time for the people of New Hamp- shire to hear from the president." Yesterday alone, four of the eight GOP contenders - Romney, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich - campaigned in New Hampshire. Romney, speaking to voters in Nashua, used Obama's visit to bash the president anew. "I'd like to hear what he has to say," Romney said. "It's very clear, we're not better off than we were when he came into office." Unemployment in the state was at 5.4 percent in September, well below the national average of 9 percent. Romney is expected today to begin airing his first TV ads in New Hampshire to reinforce that message. And while Obama's job approval numbers here are weak, more alarming is polling sug- gesting that independents - a key voting bloc in the presiden- tial race - have swung decidedly away from Obama after lifting him to victory in the state and across the country. Independent voters helped Republicans sweep the state's congressional elections and win veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. r I II